Halo Infinite release date announced; Limited Edition console and controller revealed

343 Industries and Microsoft announced today the release date for the much-anticipated Halo Infinite for Xbox Series, Xbox One, and PC via Steam and Microsoft during Gamescom 2021.

Halo Infinite will launch on December 8. Additionally, Microsoft will also be releasing a Halo Infinite Limited Edition Bundle and a Halo Infinite Limited Edition Lite Series 2 on November 15, 2021, in celebration of Halo 20th’s anniversary.

For more information on Halo Infinite, here’s an overview via 343 Industries:

The legendary Halo series returns with the most expansive Master Chief story yet.

– Campaign – When all hope is lost and humanity’s fate hangs in the balance, the Master Chief is ready to confront the most ruthless foe he’s ever faced. Begin anew and step inside the armor of humanity’s greatest hero to experience an epic adventure and finally explore the scale of the Halo ring itself.
– Multiplayer – Halo‘s celebrated multiplayer returns! More information coming later this year (requires Xbox Live Gold on console, membership sold separately).
– Forge – Halo‘s epic content creation tool is back and more powerful than ever. More information coming later this year.
– Cross-Generation Gaming – Halo Infinite provides an amazing experience across the Xbox One and newer family of consoles as well as PC. And, on Xbox Series X as well as supported PCs, enjoy enhanced features like up to 4k resolution at 60FPS in campaign and greatly reduced load times creating seamless gameplay that usher in the next generation of gaming.

See the trailer of the limited edition Halo Infinite Xbox Series X console:

See also below the Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2: